Total Crime Rate
428.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
169.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mincing Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Blackburn Central , and the 16th highest crime rate of 440 local areas in Blackburn with Darwen .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mincing Lane (BB2 2AD) in the last 12 months was 428.6 per 1,000 residents and was 31.7% higher than the Blackburn Central average (325.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 169.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mincing Lane (BB2 2AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 420 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (139 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackburn| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Astley Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astley Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astley Gate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Astley Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Astley Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Astley Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Astley Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Astley Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Astley Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Astley Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Astley Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Astley Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Astley Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astley Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Clayton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clayton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clayton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astley Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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